I see why she likes "That which doesn't kill me, makes me stranger" instead of stronger. Unfortunately, if I got much stranger I would have difficulty passing for normal just in my usual day-to-day activities. Not a huge problem, but not a direction I need right now.
The mass murderer plaque text [on the Bender Family] can be seen here. Unfortunately, you can't see the actual plaque, which is taller than I am. Which still begs the question of why this thing is there, anyway.
Isn't that a sign of End Times?
Seen before, but directed from APCB. Which has Star Wars rumors.
A fair number of these don't apply well, but what the hell.
1.Name spelled backwards: sgnirettum hsilwo
2.Where were your parents born:Father: small town in Texas, Mother: Missouri
3. Last thing downloaded: a sound file from Lilek's bleat
4. Fave restaurant: probably Salsas, a good TexMex restaurant
5. Last time you swam in a pool: not sure, probably last fall at my friend's parents' house [swam in Gulf much more recently]
6. Have you ever been in a school play? Yeah, I was Santa Claus in the 2nd grade Christmas play. I played a black housekeeper in resident's follies a while back [~10 years]. I tried out for a part during college, at the urging of a brother; I didn't get the part [probably a good thing]
7. How many kids do you want? 2; at this point extremely unlikely to happen
8. Type of music you dislike the most: gangsta rap, probably
9. Registered to vote: yes
10. Do you have cable? yes
11. Have you ever ridden on a moped? no
12. Ever prank call anyone? not that I can remember
13. Ever get a parking ticket? yes
14. Would you go bungee jumping or sky diving? maybe: going to a summer camp during junior high, one of the activities was jumping from fairly high up onto this huge float - jumping off the first time was always hard, but then it was fun. If I started doing a face your fears kind of thing sky diving would probably be on the list.
15. Farthest place traveled: Europe
16. Do you have a garden? no. Doing occasional weeding for family and friends always nips any such instincts in the bud [so to speak].
17. What's your favorite comic strip: Dilbert
18. Do you really know all the words to your national anthem? yes
19. Bath or shower, morning or night? a morning shower is pretty much mandatory for me to be alive before 10; a long hot bath later sometimes after a workout
20. Best movie you've seen in the past month? N/A
21. Favorite pizza topping? depends - just one on a normal pizza would be pepperoni; more would add mushrooms, black olives, and various meat; a nearby restaurant makes a mean chorizo and goat cheese pizza
22. Chips or popcorn? depends - with a sandwich- chips, usually fritos or doritos; as a stand alone snack popcorn
23. What color lipstick do you usually wear? N/A
24. Have you ever smoked peanut shells? no, why?
25. Have you ever been in a beauty pagent? no.
Next 25 tomorrow.
Most of her furniture is still in storage [in Kansas], otherwise we would have hired movers.
Anyway, so I was mover, chauffeur, grocery shopper, and entertainer for 5 days, while sleeping on a mattress on the floor and bathing in a tub that made me feel dirtier after the bath than before. Not to mention all the little nervous habits she has, which irritated me in high school, now just piss me off.
And to go I had to break a promise I made to my friends about 3 months ago.
Basically, I'm glad I'm not in Kansas any more. [The whole walk into Walmart and everyone is Caucasian experience, the rest area with a historic plaque recognizing a mass murderer, the spice is evil attitude just add to that feeling].
So, last night I considered getting completely shitfaced, but didn't have the energy, or the heart, or something, so I just killed stuff in Diablo 2. Whee.
This is rapidly turning into the summer of moving.
I survived.
That which doesn't kill me makes me stronger.
Basically, for various reasons, I don't want to go, but feel that I have to. Bleh.
An extended absense is likely.
Extremist Muslims are developing an estrogen bomb!
Horrors.
Extremist Muslims are developing an estrogen bomb!
Horrors.
What use is the FDA, anyway?
I have never had a masturbation fantasy involving a woman alone, or several women for that matter. I was able to explain that to myself by thinking that would be "dirty," to the point I remember a guy showing a Playboy centerfold during 9th grade English, and I turned away. Not much after that I can remember seeing a female friend's Playgirl, and being impressed and probably turned on.
Sexuality does probably follow a continuum - after all, according to Lady Sally monosexuality is the primary hangup of the 20th century. [sorry, couldn't find the book for the exact quote]. If I had a choice between getting married to a woman [having ejaculations caused by the physical act of sex rather than desire] and being stoned to death, I would get married.
What all this leads to is that while the "reparative" therapy might be able to take someone who is bisexual and make him so guiltridden that he never wants to have sex with a man, I don't think there is anything that could happen that could make me have sexual desires towards women rather than men.
By the way, I don't think 10% of the male population is gay, either.
Northpark has changed from when I last was there, though - the metrosexual's dream. No bookstores [although there's one across the street], no toystore, one electronic games store. Halfprice Books still rocks.
In the Moment by Harvey L. Rich.
On the other hand, Books that I read over and over include:
Expendable; James Alan Gardner
The Fionavar Tapestry series by Guy Gavriel Kay
Little Myth Marker; Robert Asprin
The Last Hot Time; John M. Ford
Door into Sunset;Diane Duane
Dark of the Moon; P.C. Hodgell
And almost anything by Steven Brust, Roger Zelazney, Mercedes Lackey, and L.E. Modsitt, Jr.
Headed off to Dallas more or less now. My computer is still infected. Bleh.
So, the fight - Democrats vs Republicans, or Americans vs Islamists. I know which I think is more important.